73° Chap. 5, 
Tbeatrum c Botanicum, 
Trie e 6. 
1. ScdumtMajM legitimtm. The true great Houfeleeke. 
The true great Houfelcekegroweth great to the forme of a fnrubhe orwoddy plant,' of the heieht of 
three foote or more fomctunesm the nnurali places which are the warme countries, whofe S- or V™ ° ?*' 
below is of the b.gnefle of foure hngers, and the other branches ofones thumme, of a grayifh colcmo„ e ' 
fide (potted as it were round about, bnt they are the markes of-the old leaves that are fallen the 1° c 0Ut ' 
may be feme in the Ifalke of the Wood Spurge, f Dreading limber (mailer branches on all (ides’, and leaves a^h 
ends ofthem, (landing m a compaffc like the heade, of common houfeleeke but nothing fo do e every ' 
me J feme what: like a tongue, fmall at the bottome and broader toward the end where it is broadeft firti l° r ' 
ted about the edges, and as it were a little hollow like a Spoone, thicke and full of juice and of a mb- V 
colour from the toppes of fome of the branches thrulleth forth a long (hike divided into many twigges*^5 
fome few mall leaves on them, and at the ends of them divers (farrelike flowers, confining of manT fSw? 
of a pale yellowilh colour, with fundry fmall threeds in the middle of them, the greater ftalke becommin d - 
andlmooth as the heads, with fmall blackefeede in them, grow ripe and utterly perifhing after feedetime ■ hr 
the other heads of greene lea ves abide frefh all the yeare, which (end for the flowers the next ,’ycare P aikr ' an 4 
may be taken before hand from the maincftocke co be planted, and will take roote being out inrn ,1, ’ n . d 
AUttUtolm hath let forth the figure hereofin another manner with more Acre of branded leaves C 
the fame plant growing peradventurem a warmer and more temperate climate. ’ Cltls 
. -i. Scdummaya marinum Anglicum. Great fea Houfeleeke. 
Thiskind of Houlelcekeislike theformer whofeftemme is wooddy. but neither fohiph mr 
igstsszz** ***«a- 
3. Siduntmajm vulgtrc. Our common great Houfeleeke. 
Our common Hou leleckc fendeth forch on all (ides divers heads of pale greene thicke far hrnad ip-,,,.. „ ■ 4 
at the ends, lying circlewile one clofe unto another upon the ground from the middle of fome of rhfhrT F 
eaves, r.feth up a ftreight fta ke two foote high, all coveted with (mailer and ledgerTrceneTavethan thofe bf 
low, which often drie and fall awaybefore the toppe thereof hath perfired the 'Holers whkh grow on loro 
T , ■ tt , 4 ; S ‘ dum m “ ]l 1 ^ w. An other fmaller Houfeleeke like the common. 
This Houfeleeke gr oweth in like manner as the common doth, with fuch heads of thicke andhWnrtJ 1 
compaffing one another, but they are dented a little about the edges, and are much fmallet than thTy. ftanding 
i. Scdum majtit legit’mum. 
The true greac Hoafdeekc, 
2 . Sedum mjus Marinum Angltcuml 
Great Engdjh fea Houfeleeke, 
upon 
